Google Drive Class Folder

Course Syllabus

Mathematics and Statistics Capstone Details

Daily Agendas

• August 31 - no class - Math Hike was cancelled because of the Quiet Period
• September 2 - our first class meeting
  • How to access the research guides in your subject area to find databases: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pd7cb5RxnI
  • How to configure your Google Scholar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpG39IgfURw
  • Quick Start Guide to using MathSciNet: http://www.ams.org/publications/msn-quickstart-guide-2017-8.5x11.pdf
  • Kenyon’s Math Research Guide: https://kenyon.libguides.com/mathematics
• September 11 - Peer Review of Proposal Session - Samples are available in our Google Drive folder
  • LaTeX tutorials (Thanks to Professor Milnikel) - You may be well beyond the material covered in videos 1 and 3, but some of the other might be helpful for you.
• September 18 - Advanced LaTeX Seminar - Professor Carol Schumacher
• September 25 - Individual presentations by each senior (3 minutes) to introduce your peers to the mathematics inolved in your capstone experience
• October 2 - Peer review of outlines
• October 9 - No class - You must meet with your first reader sometime between October 7 and October 13 to discuss your detailed outline.
• October 16 - Peer discussions - incorporating feedback and resolving comments from your readers
• October 23 - No class - Your draft should be uploaded to your Google Drive folder before 5:00 PM
• October 30
  • Sarah Greenspon
  • Cole McMahon-Gioeli
  • Amelia Mott
  • Thomas Guidotti
• November 6- all classes are cancelled (see email message from Preseident Decatur) and presentations will be rescheduled
• November 13
  • Henry Abbott
  • Paul Neubauer
  • Steven Lucas
  • Isabella Femia
  • Bryan Yoshino
• November 20
  • Eden Stephey
  • Dorothy Wang
  • Chelsea Huang
  • Michaela Brydon
  • Andrew Herbelin
  • Katerina Tang
  • Nick Babson
• December 2 - Your paper should be uploaded to your Google Drive folder before 5:00 PM

Homework Assignments

• Your solutions must be submitted electronically to your Google Drive folder. You may use any software that you want, but please submit a PDF file with your written solutions. For example, the name of the file for the proposal should be proposal-yourname.PDF.

• Proposal Draft - due on September 11 (before class)
• Peer review of another proposal - due before class ends on September 11
• Proposal - due before 5:00 PM on Monday, September 14
• Set up Overleaf for LaTex (see email message I forwarded from Professor Schumacher) - due before class begins on September 18
• Outline Draft - due before class begins on October 2
• Email with your preference for presentation date (Oct. 30, Nov. 6, Nov. 13, or Nov. 20) - due on October 16 before 5:00 PM
• Draft of paper - due before 5:00 PM on Friday, October 23
• Final paper - due before 5:00 PM on Wednesday, December 2